The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-09-29
sity, the young women having every right

that is accn rded to the young men. He
| adds: We have never had difficulty grow
| ing cut Of lie presence of both sexes in
the institution. The young ladies are as
sch" orly in every department us the young
| men
c. nell University extends the amplest
Inducements to women. By an act of the
trustees, passed in April, 1872, women are,
admitted to the university on the same
terms as men, except that they must be
seventeen years old. A separate building,
the Sage College, has been erected and
furnished for their residence. The en-
trance examinations, scholarships, fellow
ships, and all the studies except military
science, are open to women as to men.
Sage College was built, furnished, and
endowed by the Hon. Henry W. Sage, at
cost of over two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, and by him given to Cornell
University as place of residence for wo-
men who are students. 1t has frontage
of one hundred and seventy-six feet, and
depth, with an interior court. of one
hundred and seventy two feet. The build
ing has every convenience and comfort.
Great attention is paid to the health and
the general physical culture of the young
women. The immediate care of all the
students is intrusted to a woman who has
had wide social experience III Europe and
America, and who has full acquaintance
with the best methods for the education
Of women. The female students have the
same use oflibraries, laboratories, draught-
ing rooms, collections, and museums as
the male students; and every effort seems
to be made to carry out the intentions Of
the founder of Sage College, who to his
munificent gift attached but one condition,
VIZ, that 'InStructiOn shall be afforded
young women, by Cornell University, as
broad and thorough as that afforded to
young men The registrar Of the unver-
sity, Professor II. 9. Thurber, tells me
that Sage College is now more than fun
the number of women in attendance being
between eighty and ninety. Many of
these are graduates Of colleges for women
and many more are special students. He
adds: II think there is no longer any
doubt here as to the general good results
of the system
Harvard does not admit women 10
scholastic residence. It has an "Annex"
Tor female students prescribes course of
study for them, and appoints a committee
Of examination. The fourteenth .exami-
nation for women by Harvard University
will be held in Cambridge, New York,
Philadelphia, and Cincinnati next sum
iner. Candidates who present themselves
for this examination VIII be examined
upon the studies required for admission to
Harvard, but any student may, if she pre-
Ter. substitute for the prescribed and elec
tive course an advanced examination i'll
French and German. Tie time and mode
vf examination for the pupils will be the
same as for the regular examination for
admission to the university, and the same
privilege OF passing preliminary eXami
nation on a part IF the subject. and of
completing the course in subsequent
ha oil
for the cOlleg instruction of women. This
society has charge of the examinations in
Cambridge. When the candidate receives
! the presidents certificate she is admitted
10 the course OF instruction given IN Cam
bridge by the instructors ln Harvard Uni
versity, under the direction Of the society
That certificate is also accepted, if pre-
sented within a year of its date, by Welles-
ley, Smith, and Nassar Colleges, institu-
tions for women alone, as the equivalent
for examinations in such studies, whether
preparatory or collegiate. 1t will be seen
that this is a mere annex" women are
not admitted to any part Of the university.
Last year about half dozen certificates
o. completed examinations were issued.
In regard to the University of Michigan
no statement more compact and compre
hensive can be given than the following,
received from my friend, Professor Alexan-
der Wnchell;
''WOmen have the same privileges in the
! University of Michigan as men have, and
they avail themselves of them to the same
extent There are literally no discrimina-
tions made here on account of sex. Women
study literature, languages, science: phar
macy; dentistry, MEDICINE homeopathic and
of A. B., B. S, B. g., NJ. D., Ph.D,, Ill. b :,
d. ID. S, etc, They study for advanced de-
| grees- And get them. They earn equal hon
f,,it l,fy,
generally make better attanments, though
many men equal them. In some medical
courses tn y have separate instruction and
demonstrations. Few study law. None,
perhaps, study civil or mechanical engineer
! ing, but some take mechanical draughting." :"
(O-educatiOn is carried forward in the
| University Of Wisconsin. In the beautiful
campus of that institution there is a build
ing called Ladies' Hall. It contains So
/ ciety hail, teachers rooms, together with
| study and lodging rooms for about sixty
! students, and ample accommodations for
| boarding. The students rooms are we'll
| furnished. The young women occupying
! this building are under the immediate
charge Of the principal, are required to
! board with the matron, and are expected
| generally to conform to the rules requisite
for a quiet and orderly household. The
institution assumes no responsibility for
pupils, male OK female, rooming in the
| city, except as regards gOOd scnOiarSnlp
and general department. President Bas-
com says: young women are granted
with US precisely the same terms with
young men Co education here is entirely
| successful"
From the Year Book" of the Boston
University it may be gathered that there
is no more distinction made there between
the soXcs than between the inhabitants of
States even the absence of such distinc-
tion is not mentioned Upon opening the
Year Book" for 1887 one soon comes
upon the names of women in the lists of
Doctors of Medicine, Bachelors of Arts,
and Bachelors of Philosophy, the curious
thing being that all the Bachelors of Phi
losophy are named Eva, Alice, Ida, Louise,
or Marcia. 1t SO chances, also, that the
names leading the senior, junior, fresh
man, and special classes are feminine
names, modestly followed by names of the
other sex, Plainly, Boston University has
thoroughly wiped out the distinction OF
sex, and has for its purpose not the edu
eating of men and women boys and girls,
but rather the educating of human beings;
But 60 education cannot be forced. II
must be the product Of general increase
of both enlightenment and broadening
two things which do not always go togeth
er. At present I do not see any reason
why any college in the land may not oper
its classes to all women who can success